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Papers, Panels, and Presentations
INTERNATIONAL
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Oxford, England: “The Renunciant Rani and the Weaver of Dignity:
Low-caste Hindu Theological Reflection in the Songs of Mirabai and Kabir,”
invited lecture to be delivered at Oxford University, April 29, 2003
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Jodhpur,
India: “Multiple Miras: The Dynamics of a Living Tradition,”
International Mirabai Conference, January 2001
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Beijing,
China: “The Contemporary Challenges of Comparative Ethics: Examples
from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity,” Tsinghua University, December
2000
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Leuven,
Belgium: “Interrogating the Oral and Written Traditions of Mirabai and
Kabir,” Eighth International Conference on Early Literature in New
Indo-Aryan Languages, August 2000
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Durban,
South Africa: “Contextualizing Moral Universals and Human Rights:
Views from the Underside,” Congress of the International Association for
the History of Religions, August 2000
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Durban,
South Africa: “Reaching toward Universality, Honoring Particularity: A
Human Rights Declaration from the World Religions,” Congress of the
International Association for the History of Religions, August 2000
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Capetown,
South Africa: “Roles, Rights and Religion: Voices from the Margin,”
Parliament of World Religions, December 1999
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Capetown,
South Africa: “Religion and the United Nations,” panel moderator,
Parliament of the World Religions, December 1999
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Heidelberg, Germany: “Homespun Threads of Dignity and Protest: Songs
of Kabir in Rural Rajasthan,” invited paper, International Symposium on
Kabir, University of Heidelberg, June 1999
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Cambridge, England: "Living Realities of Saints Past: The
Sixteenth-century Saint Mirabai and Women in India Today," Cambridge
University, June 1998
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Venice,
Italy: "Mirabai and Kabir in Rajasthani Folk Traditions: Meghwal and
Manganiyar Repertoires," Seventh International Conference on Early
Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages, August 1997
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Jaipur,
India: “Singing Mirabai and Kabir: Meghwal and Manganiyar Repertoires
in Western Rajasthan,” invited lecture, Institute for Development Studies,
July 1997
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Jaipur,
India: "Mira's Horoscope and Other Tales of Resistance and
Appropriation," paper presented at the International Rajasthan Studies
Conference, December 1994
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Chittor,
India: National Research Workshop on Mira's Authentic Works,
conference participant, April 1993
NATIONAL
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“The Weaver of Dignity: Low-caste Theology in the Songs of Kabir,” paper
to be presented at the American Academy of Religion National Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, November 2003
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“Mirabai
and the Dynamics of a Living Tradition,” paper presented at the
International Mirabai Conference, University of California, Los Angeles,
October 5, 2002
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“Mirabai
and the Saints of India in Poetry,” invited lecture, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, October 3, 2002.
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“Love of
Lyrics, Lyrics of Love: The Social Impact of Mirabai across Caste and
Gender,” invited lecture, Center for South Asian Studies, University of
Hawaii, January 2002
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“In Search
of Mirabai: Multiple Representations of a Hindu Woman Saint,” invited
lecture, University of Iowa, November 2001
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“Is a
Universal Religious Ethic Possible: Glimpses of a Global Perspective,”
Lowell Lecture, Boston University, February 2001
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“Religion,
Power and the New Economy,” distinguished alumni panelist, Graduate
Theological Union, February 2001
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“Satire in
South Asian Religious Texts,” panel respondent, American Academy of
Religion National Annual Meeting, November 2000
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“Oral
Traditions of Mirabai and Kabir: Interrogating the Literary Canon,”
invited lecture, South Asia Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle,
May 2000
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“The World
Religions in the New Millennium,” invited lecture, California Lutheran
University, April 2000
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“Women and
Spirituality: A Hindu-Christian Dialogue,” conference respondent, Loyola
Marymount University, October 1999
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“Perspectives on Human Cloning from the World Religions,” paper presented
for a panel on “The Ethical Implications of Human Cloning,” Graduate Women
in Science, California State University, Fullerton, October 1999
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“Weaving
Resistance, Singing Kabir in Western Rajasthan,” American Academy of
Religion National Annual Meeting, Orlando, November 1998
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"Loving the
Goddess: Devotional and Mythic Relationships in Hinduism," international
conference "Gender and Love in the World Religions," Chapman University,
April 1998
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"Women
Saints, Saintly Women: The Hidden Lives of Mirabai," American Academy of
Religion Western Region Annual Meeting, Claremont, March 1998
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"The
Traditions of Mirabai: Narrative Abundance and Reimaging the Self,"
American Academy of Religion National Annual Meeting , San Francisco,
November 1997
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"Rajputizing
Mirabai: The Politics of Identity and Rajput Historiography," 26th Annual
Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, October 1997
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"Love and
Longing in Devotional Hinduism," international conference "The Meaning of
Life in the World Religions," Chapman University, April 1997
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“Indira
Devi and the Lila of Mirabai: A Tale of Oral Tradition in Transformation,”
Southern California Seminar on South Asia, February 1997
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"To Become
the Beloved: Female Devotees Who Take up the Flute and the Peacock Crown,"
AAR National Annual Meeting, November 1995
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"Entering
the Divine Drama: The Lila of Mirabai," Association for Asian Studies
Western Region Annual Meeting, 1994
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"The Living
Mirabais of Vrindavan," AAR Western Region Annual Meeting, 1994
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"Book
Event: Huston Smith's and Ninian Smart's books The World's Religions,"
panel participant, AAR Western Region Annual Meeting, 1992
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"The
Demon-Devouring Devi: A Reading of the Devi-mahatmya," AAR Annual
National Meeting, 1991
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"Love and
Power in the Thought of Simone Weil," panel participant, AAR Western
Region Annual Meeting, 1991
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"Toward a
Christian Realization of Dependent Co-Origination: The Contemplative
Journey of Bernadette Roberts," AAR Western Region Annual Meeting, 1990
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